Beyond compliance: What schools taught us about safeguarding, trust and harmful sexual behaviour
Following the Everyone’s Invited testimonies and Ofsted’s 2021 review, schools in England have found themselves under growing pressure to respond to harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) among young people. In many ways, this pressure is understandable. Schools are one of...
Beyond ‘behaviour’: Rethinking how we police and prevent sexual harm in schools
What does it mean to prevent harmful sexual behaviour (HSB) among young people? Our two new papers explore this question by examining how professionals—including police, educators and children’s service providers—understand and respond to sexual harm in school...
The Safeguarding Podcast | Consent and relationships today
In this episode, Dr Emily Setty discusses the roles social media and online subcultures play in boys’ and young men’s attitudes towards relationships, and explore the importance of understanding young people’s perspectives when teaching positive peer cultures.